“President Trump has made it very clear that acquiring Greenland is a US national security priority and is vital to deterring our adversaries in the Arctic region.

“The president and his team are discussing a range of options to achieve this important foreign policy objective, and of course, utilizing the United States Armed Forces is always an option available to the commander-in-chief," the Republican said in a statement issued to The Hill. Since last Sunday, during a meeting with members of the media, the president has once again prioritized his desire to annex Greenland as part of the United States. "We need Greenland from a national security standpoint, and Denmark won't be able to do it," he emphasized. Trump's comments were later supported by Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, who, during an interview with CNN, stated that no other nation in the world would have the military capability to prevent the United States from annexing Greenland. “The United States should have Greenland as part of its territory. There's no need to even think or talk about it.” "This is in the context you're suggesting, of a military operation. Nobody is going to fight militarily against the United States over the future of Greenland," he emphasized. However, Trump's idea was not well received in Europe, as Giorgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister; Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor; Keir Starmer, UK Prime Minister; Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister; Pedro Sanchez, Spanish Prime Minister; and Mette Frederiksen, jointly expressed opposition to their.Danish Prime Minister; they issued a joint statement making it clear that the fate of Greenland is solely the responsibility of Denmark and the Greenlanders themselves.

“It is up to Denmark and Greenland, and only them, to decide on matters that concern Denmark and Greenland,” part of the message states.